Note:
This summary is just a log of the events from the first movie. Most of
the humorous little scenes aren't mentioned here. Only the main story
elements are given in detail so if you really want to see how great it
is, go find yourself a tape and watch it yourself.

11 years
ago a young Ataru played a game of "shadow tag" with an alien girl. After
he stepped on her shadow she told him that on her planet, stepping on
someone's shadow is a marriage proposal. She went away but told him that
she'd return and pick him up in 11 years.

The present.

Everyone
in Tomobiki has been recieving inviations to a wedding between Ataru Moroboshi
and a woman named Elle. But no-one, including Ataru has any clue who this
"Elle" is. Ataru undergoes much interogation and punishment by the hands
of the Stormtroopers, Shinobu, Mendo and Lum but he still can't recall
any woman named Elle.

Then a
the clouds split open and a gigantic starship touches down. Here we see
the captain and Elle's nanny Babara who are here to pick up Ataru and
bring him to planet Elle. Babara puts a sheild around Ataru to protect
him for the ceremony so even Lum's electric zaps don't affect him. Ataru
fully intends to marry this Elle and won't listen to Lum's pleas. Heartbroken,
Lum flies off.

As the
ship takes off, and people are blowing away like leaves, Sakura quotes
one of my favorite lines in the movie. "The universe is truly vast. To
think that someone could compeat with Lum's bad taste in men." Later that
night we see Lum wandering the streets with nowhere to go. From out of
the shadows comes Lum's friend Benten who flushes out one of Babara's
spies that had been following Lum. They sit down at a diner and Benten
coaxes Lum to act and take back her Darling. And so Lum runs off to do
just that.

We come
to the Moroboshi residence. Ataru is all cheerful as he irons his pants
for the big day. His mother is in hysterics because he's leaving her.
Ataru's father and Cherry aren't helping the situation either. Then Lum
appears and tells Ataru that they are going to her planet where they will
married. She then proceeds to suck up everyone into her ship with a huge
vaccum device. Lum meets up with Benten who has rented a shuttle from
the Space Taxi Service. They then abduct the rest of the reluctant gang
who are to attend the marriage of Ataru and Lum.

Later
Lum meets up with the other aliens such as Kurama, Oyuki, Ran and Rei.
And then out of warp appears the huge warship of Lum's father. Everyone
boards onto the ship. Ataru's shield is removed and is swiftly brought
to an omiake in which Lum's and Ataru's parents pressure him into accepting
marrying Lum.

Lum and
Ataru sit together in a private room. Lum's thoughts go to that of their
marriage while Ataru's thoughts turn to that of impending doom and how
he wants to see Elle. Lum soon finds out what he's thinking. Lum takes
out two engagement rings that she calls Tiger Stars and somehow forces
the struggling and suddently horrified Ataru to wear one.

We then
go back to the space shuttle in which the UY gang had been abducted by
Benten. We see the female spy named Rose from before emerge from a raccoon
statue. She then begins to make her way through the ship.

The spaceship
from Elle that had appeared before, appears out of warp. To defend his
son-in-law, Lum's father deploys his forces and an all out war takes place
between the Oni and the subjects of Elle.

As the
war wages Ataru tries to weasel out of his marriage with Lum and they
argue which ends with Lum knocking Ataru unconscious with a mallot. But
just as she does that another figure, Rose, the Elle spy sneaks in and
knocks Lum unconscious with her mighty supersonic hammer. She they proceeds
to exchange their outfits and take on Lum's identity while taking Ataru
with her.

Rose had
no luck in fooling the ship's crew as even with green hair and tiger-skin
bikini she bears no resemblance to Lum. Therefore she has to fight her
way through the crewmembers. but has no trouble dealing with them. Ten
finds her doing this and goes to find help. He doesn't find Sakura but
tells the rest of the gang who are watching the battle of what is going
on.

Rose has
found a getaway ship and prepares to take off when she is identified.
Invader panics to capture her and save his son-in-law when Ataru now awake
starts thanking her for saving him from Lum and that he looks forward
to his new life with Elle. Of course everyone hears this over the ship's
speaker system and pretty much give up. Rose begins to take off with Ataru.
Strangely enough the room with Ten, Shinobu, Mendo and the Stormtroopers
is attached to the getaway ship and so they are taken along for the ride
as the spaceship takes off.

Lum awakes
to find her Darling is gone, and so are her clothes. She rushes to catch
them but took a malfunctioning fighter. As Lum attempts to use the after-burners
the fighter blows up. Luckily Lum ejected safely but now Ataru is long
gone as they rendezvous with the Elle vessel and transport away.

We now
come to the planet Elle. Ataru, Mendo, Ten, Shinobu and the Stormtroopers
all of whom are now stuck on this planet are to be taken to meet Elle.
Megane is hysterical from grief as he realises he'll never see earth again.
But Ataru tells him of his plan. Since he'll be the ruler of this planet
that means that everything on it will be his, including the women. As
king, Ataru plans to build the ultimate harem. Maniacal laughter ensues.

They are
brought to Elle's palace where they finally get to meet her. All of the
guys are awestruck as she is one of the most beautiful women they have
ever seen. Elle runs toward Ataru but mistakes Mendo for Ataru. That mix-up
is soon remedied.

A bit
later the Stormtroopers in the garden watch in disgust as Ataru and Elle
flirt incessantly. Megane gets to thinking that if she'd settle on Ataru
that maybe he'd have a chance. Similar thoughts go through Mendo's head
as he intends to make a move on her. Elle and Ataru talk. She relates
to Ataru that his been 11 years since that shadow tag race. Ataru obvioulsy
has no idea of what she's talking about but plays along. Elle skips off
but is greeted by Mendo with the intention of putting the moves on her.
But Elle beats him to it. She invites him to meet with her that evening.

Later
that night she takes Mendo to her private inner sanctum. He opens it with
a key and is horrified by what he finds inside. Thousands and thousands
of handsome men all frozen in cryogenic sleep. Elle calls it her refrigerator
of love as to ensure that love stays fresh, she freezes any handsome man
who has ever loved her. And she plans on making Mendo the 100,000th addition
to her collection.

Megane,
Ataru, and the others who had followed Mendo overheard everything. They
all plan to get the hell away from the planet when they hear Mendo's screams.
Mendo's about to go under when Shinobu comes and rescues him destroying
the freezing machine in the process. But she doesn't get far as Elle's
guards show up. Everyone is surrounded. Elle sees that Ataru has heard
her and tries to beg for forgiveness. Ataru however is repulsed by it
all and wants the wedding to be cancelled indefinately. Still Elle is
intent on marrying Ataru even if by force. By her orders the wedding will
proceed.

On planet
Uru, we see Lum's alien friends talking about going back to their planets
now that Lum's fiance is long gone. They see Lum fly by and can see how
heartbroken she is. Lum tries to throw away those Tiger Star wedding bands
but can't bring herself to let it go. A musical sequence plays as Lum
is filled with memories of Ataru.

Back on
Elle, Ataru and Ten are being held in a dungeon. Ten is insulting Ataru
and chastising him for his foolish treatement of Lum. But Ataru actually
shows remorse. He puts himself down for being such an idiot, for mistreating
Lum and for rejecting her.

The planet
is bustling with activity as thousands of guests from all over the galaxy
arrive to attend the wedding. The wedding begins as Ataru and Elle come
out and glide towards the altar. Elle looks beautiful, however Ataru who
has a ball and chain around the ankle (a metaphor?) looks like a wreck.

Outside
Benten, Oyuki, Ran, Kurama and Rei are planning to crash the party. Benten
knows that Lum will probably show sooner or later. And show she does.
On the top of a city scape, Lum swipes an Elle airplane, as she does we
see Benten zooming through the sky on her airbike with a with a of air
patrol planes in hot persuit. Elsewhere Oyuki's snow storm is causing
trouble as is Rei in Tiger-Bull form eating all of the food from all of
the restaurants in town. The worst blow is struck as Kurama releases all
of the frozen hunks in Elle's collection. A sea of men rush out of the
refrigirator towards the chapel each one planning to smash the wedding.

While
all of this havoc ensues Lum flies towards the chapel. But time is running
out as the exchange of vows has begun. Of course Ataru isn't given a choice.
Lum gets closer to the chapel, but now the patrol planes are trying to
shoot her down. Elle tries to finish the ceremony with a kiss but Lum
shows up. Rapping on the stain glass window yelling "Darling!" (obviously
a spoof of "The Graduate"). She crashes through and she and Ataru embrace.

But the
reunion is cut short as Elle gets Babara to order the guards to capture
Lum. Just then the rampaging hunks knock down the door and begin beating
up the wedding guests. While this is going on Lum tries to fly off with
Ataru but Elle is holding on. Benten arrives with the space taxi and vaccuums
them up. The taxi driver accidentally hits the warp button to close to
the planet and they are thrust into a weird dimension going back 11 years
into the past. They find themselves at the exact place and time where
Ataru and Elle had played shadow tag.

They watch
them run and play around the park. But right when young Ataru says he
steps on little Elle's shadow, present day Ataru comes running out and
yells for them to stop. He shows that he didn't step on her shadow after
all. He recalls that he had made it up so that he could win. That means
the engagement is null and void. Of course everyone's pissed at Ataru,
which in return he blames his child self for causing the trouble as he
hits him on the head and makes him cry. Lum tries to console little Ataru
but big Ataru keeps beating up on him. Young Elle skips away.

Suddenly
they are brought back to the planet Elle. Elle stays behind and the rest
of the gang take off in the space taxi. Elle walks to the elevator and
as she turns around, you can see that she's crying.

The UY
gang are in the taxi. Ataru about to kiss Lum when the he hits the floor
face-first as the taxi has landed. Ataru steps out of the ship, relieved
to be back on earth. But as he looks around he finds that he's in a wedding
hall with all of the people he knows gathered together. They're on planet
Uru for their wedding Lum informs him. Ataru seems nervous but doesn't
seem to mind this sudden surpise.

They begin
exchanging vows. Lum accepts but it looks like Ataru is having problems.
They wait for his answer when he screams at the top of his lungs, N0!!!
Ataru throws off his tux and runs at breakneck speed out of the wedding
hall. Every other character in UY chases after him. But he just keeps
running.